But Millar wasn't the first to sling his bike

Scottish rider David Millar (see post below) broke his chain then ditched his bike, but back in 1997 Bjarne Riis, the 1996 Tour de France winner, suffered two mechanical mishaps.

Since then he has admitted to taking EPO, so perhaps there was a bit of divine justice at work.

Speaking of drugs, this letter from Victor Conte is dynamite: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/athletics/7403158.stm